UK aid for energy transition

A review assessing the effectiveness of the UK’s support for clean energy transition in low- and middle-income countries

  1. Status: Completed
  2. Published: 5 November 2025
  3. Type: Full review
  4. Subject: Climate change and biodiversity, Cross-government aid spend, Development finance, Multilateral spend, Private sector
  5. Lead commissioner: Harold Freeman

Government response

The government publishes a response to all ICAI reviews, indicating whether they ‘accept’, ‘partially accept’ or ‘reject’ each of ICAI’s recommendations and setting out the management actions that they propose to take in response.

The response to this review is expected in December 2025.

Timeline

Evidence gathering

Complete

Review publication

5 November 2025

Government response

Expected December 2025

Further scrutiny

Expected May 2026